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by gorlilla 1072 days ago
You wouldn't make a brand new account system. You'd adopt OAuth login that keeps the accounts linked but still technically separate.

If i login to all services using my 'meta' oauth, it'd make sense that i lose everything that was under that master account. The inverse should never be true, a linked account should be severable if it is the child.

This is absolutely a dark pattern in that context.